Greater Need Explained

Greater Need
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lorrie Morgan
Cover:	LorrieMorganGreaterNeed.jpg
Released:	June 4, 1996
Genre:	Country
Label:	BNA #66847
Producer:	James Stroud
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Shakin' Things Up
Next Year:	1997

Greater Need is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan, released in 1996. It included three singles, all of which entered the Billboard country singles charts: "By My Side" (a duet with then-husband Jon Randall), "I Just Might Be" and "Good as I Was to You."

Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, with its review by Thom Owens saying that some tracks were "filler" but that "Morgan's performance is consistently stunning."^[1]

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Michael Black – background vocals
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
• John Hobbs – piano
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Jana King – background vocals
• Alison Krauss – background vocals
• Paul Leim – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Cindy Walker – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Albums

Chart (1996)	Peak position^[3]
Canadian RPM Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	62
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country^[4]	US	CAN Country
1996	"By My Side"	18	110	21^[5]
	"I Just Might Be"	45	—	57^[6]
1997	"Good as I Was to You"	4	—	17^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r236257|pure_url=yes}} Greater Need - Lorrie Morgan]. Owens. Thom. Allmusic. 19 April 2010.
2. Greater Need . Lorrie Morgan . 1996 . CD booklet . BNA Records . 66847.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r236257|pure_url=yes}} ''Greater Need'': Billboard Albums]. Allmusic. 19 April 2010.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 286–287. 978-0-89820-177-2.
5. Web site: RPM Country Tracks charts for 22 July 1996. RPM. 19 April 2010.
6. Web site: RPM Country Tracks charts for 7 October 1996. RPM. 19 April 2010.
7. Web site: RPM Country Tracks charts for 5 May 1997. RPM. 19 April 2010.